Just like it says. Anything not partaining to the game goes here.

Ankh? Solomon? Am I the only one with a normal, red-blooded name? I thought the purpose of a code name was to be inconspicuous... :D

My name is pretty normal...I think, haha.

Hey, we Irish are reknowned for being the only practical ones about, right?

Just a warning: I will be out of town for a couple of days. I'm anticipating having internet, but I probably won't be able to post until the evenings.

Happy 4th everyone! Don't blow yourselves up!

Sorry I've been a little slower than I've wanted to lately. Even though I technically have time to post while I'm out of town, it's a lot more thinking than I'm sometimes up to after a long day of work.

In other news, we do have our first casualty: Finley will not be gaming with us anymore. Once I get back in town I will solicit for a replacement player.

Couple of things:

1) Thanks for your patience with the slow-ish posting rate. I'm back in town for good now so everything should be up to speed.

2) I will be giving out XP for certain actions, which you won't know about until after you do them. So play your characters to the fullest extent, and don't afraid to be curious: you will be rewarded :)

3) I have started pursuing a fourth player; hopefully we will have a full group soon.

4) Miri has been having computer problems lately; until they get fixed I will be playing for her. I don't want to railroad you, so in general, just assume that she's there even if she's not posting anything.

Sigh...

Am I the only one left, AGAIN?

Our newest player (Rufus) was going to be gone for a week, so I expect to hear from him soon. Miri already told me she was going to be MIA for a while. Haven't heard anything from Xavier.

So I'm still waiting to hear from Rufus (I sent him a PM just seconds ago), and Xavier has had to drop out do to that little thing called Real Life. I think for now we have to count on Miri to show up randomly when we need her, at least until she has more time to post. (I picture her as Vaarsuvius's raven from Order of the Stick, if any of you are familiar with that.)

So our options are to recruit some more players, or alternatively we could keep it a duo (or *knock on wood* if Rufis doesn't work out, a solo) game. It would take a little finagling, but games with one or two solid posters can be very successful.

I'd prefer others.

Lemme put out the word in some of my other games...

If you know some players who are as consistent in posting as you are, we could have a pretty awesome game.

Edit: I'm in another game now that has some great players as well. I'll ask the GM there if it's ok if I recruit.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:42, Tue 28 July 2009.

Actually, Xavier and Miri haven't left yet.

And the temporal anomalies are intentional :)

You are no fun... We'll just assume he stepped out.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:41, Sat 08 Aug 2009.

Ril, do you realise we're waiting on your post? At least, I'm assuming that's what were waiting for?

Sorry! Working out a character(+name). Should be done shortly. Ran into RL issues too.

I think Frank has ESP. We were just working on Ril's character in PMs. I'll try and keep the game going anyway and Ril can jump in when he's ready.

Yep, there's an open X-File on me...

Not a problem, good to know that things are progressing in the background still.

I want to run some of my ideas for progressing past you both.

I think our first priority has to be to get some decent information about these attacks. So far were going off newspaper articles and local news (neither known for unbiased, factual info), so I think we might benefit from canvassing the locals, buying some drinks, making some friends.

ie. some Gather Information checks. I've got a +13 bonus in Gather Info, so I'd suggest I take the lead on this task, with you two aiding me.

That might turn up some info about these attacks that the news didn't mention.

I think the second source of information we could try and tap would be local law enforcement. I doubt they're going to just give us some info, so we'll need a plan to get it. I see our options being:

1) Trying to talk them into giving it to us (either bluffing or just being persuasive or bribing them). I don't think this is too likely to work, but we could try it.

2) Breaking into the police station at night to sneak a look at their files, and take some copies - I've got a digital camera, so we could take pictures of the files to refer back to later. If the locals are better equipped than I'm expecting (ie. computers rather than paper files), I think Toby was quite good at that sort of thing, right?

3) Hiring someone local to steal the files for us. This would limit danger to us in the present, but could cause major problems in the future. Also, stealing police files is probably a tad too criminal for the Company's liking.

Any Thoughts/Suggestions?